In an interview with the Huffington Post to discuss Trishna, a re-interpreted Tess of the D'Urbervilles within the Indian caste system (in which she stars as the eponymous character), Freida Pinto discussed her month-long research period in with Rajasthan families for the role:

At the premiere of Trishna at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. New York, April 27. Image via Pacific Coast News Online.

It would be called Trishna, and directed by Michael Winterbottom. Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles dealt with the love between a beautiful young peasant woman and the wealthy, pious son of a Reverend, as well stuff like class and the sexual double standard (a woman must be chaste in order to be…

As seen on page 8 of the new issue of Life & Style, Freida Pinto is a ghost! Or Helena Bonham Carter's elbow is a deadly weapon. Or someone made a grave Photoshop/production error. Previously, sister publication In Touch amputated the arm of Heidi Klum's daughter. That was also sad. But honestly, we would not be…

• Ann Taylor replaced Heidi Klum with Katie Holmes for the spring season. The brand says it sought Holmes, who's also modeled for J. Crew and been the face of Miu Miu, for "her intellect, kindness and enduring personal style." [WWD]

• Pioneering knitwear designer Joan Vass, who outfitted Ali MacGraw, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Candice Bergen, has died in Manhattan. Vass majored in philosophy at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and was notorious as a fashion industry provocateur. Recalls her son Jason:

• This new French L'Oréal ad is like celebrity spokesmodel whack-a-mole. We spy Beyoncé, Patrick Dempsey, Jessica Alba, Freida Pinto, Claudia Schiffer, Rachel Weisz, and Jane Fonda... It's funny to watch them all say, "Parce que vous le valez bien." [YouTube]

• In the ongoing haterade-fueled campaign against Angelina Jolie, the latest is that she's "furious" that Brad Pitt called Courteney Cox after learning that she'd split from David Arquette.

• Cindy Crawford pulls Tyra's patented couture pose on the cover of Vogue India's "Icons" issue. Cindy last popped up on the July cover of Elle Germany and made the front of April's L'Officiel. [Design Scene]

• Crystal Renn is in an ad for Chanel's downtown New York store, which is reopening this fall. She poses alongside Lagerfeld boytoy Baptiste Giabiconi, whom she calls "the most gorgeous man I have ever seen, hands down."